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Whananaki bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Whananaki bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whananaki bar sea temperature is
20.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whananaki bar today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki bar at 5AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

Table - waves today at Whananaki bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
E
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010999999999981212812126
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2572162081631541511151111098383815957565477575055345050118
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SE
20
ESE
10
E
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassoncross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28PM
2.07
9:45AM
2.15
10:13PM
2.12
10:29AM
2.15
11:00PM
2.14
11:15AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:39AM
0.14
4:04PM
0.03
4:24AM
0.13
4:48PM
0.02
5:12AM
0.16
5:35PM
0.04
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----7:24-------7:24-------7:26---
Sunset-------7:32-------7:31-------7:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C171615151718191919181717181920191919181919192019
Feels °C (?)171514141717182020181717181819192020192018171816
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